Kings County, New York: New American county. In 2024, voted D+43%. Democratic peak: D+65 in 2012.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+43MIT Election Lab
- Political typology
- New AmericanAkashic typology
- Population
- 2,631,5802024 5-year
- Median household income
- $80,2632024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 37.9%2024 5-year
- Black
- 27.8%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 19.0%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+65 in 1996MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+37 in 1920MIT Election Lab
- Most similar
- Bronx County, NY · similarity 1.00
2024 results by precinct
2024 precinct map of Kings CountyPrecinct-level 2024 presidential results for Kings County, with each precinct boundary colored by Democratic-vs-Republican margin.
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Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1876–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
| Year | Margin (D minus R) |
|---|---|
| 1876 | No data |
| 1880 | No data |
| 1884 | No data |
| 1888 | No data |
| 1892 | +16.8% |
| 1896 | −16.7% |
| 1900 | −1.2% |
| 1904 | −0.6% |
| 1908 | −9.7% |
| 1912 | +23.9% |
| 1916 | +1.9% |
| 1920 | −37.4% |
| 1924 | −15.6% |
| 1928 | +23.4% |
| 1932 | +41.8% |
| 1936 | +53.9% |
| 1940 | +30.4% |
| 1944 | +31.5% |
| 1948 | +23.0% |
| 1952 | +18.7% |
| 1956 | +9.5% |
| 1960 | +32.6% |
| 1964 | +49.8% |
| 1968 | +31.1% |
| 1972 | +1.8% |
| 1976 | +37.3% |
| 1980 | +17.0% |
| 1984 | +23.0% |
| 1988 | +33.7% |
| 1992 | +47.8% |
| 1996 | +65.0% |
| 2000 | +65.0% |
| 2004 | +50.6% |
| 2008 | +59.4% |
| 2012 | +65.1% |
| 2016 | +62.0% |
| 2020 | +54.8% |
| 2024 | +43.0% |
DemocraticRepublican
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 601,265 | 233,964 | 853,744 | ||
| D | 703,310 | 202,772 | 913,690 | ||
| D | 640,553 | 141,044 | 805,605 | ||
| D | 604,443 | 124,551 | 736,982 | ||
| D | 603,525 | 151,872 | 759,848 | ||
| D | 514,973 | 167,149 | 687,884 | ||
| D | 497,513 | 96,609 | 617,237 | ||
| D | 432,232 | 81,406 | 539,833 | ||
| D | 411,183 | 133,344 | 581,594 | ||
| D | 363,916 | 178,961 | 549,019 | ||
| D | 368,518 | 230,064 | 600,771 | ||
| D | 288,893 | 200,306 | 521,092 | ||
| D | 419,382 | 190,728 | 613,643 | ||
| D | 387,768 | 373,903 | 763,620 | ||
| D | 489,174 | 247,936 | 774,969 | ||
| D | 684,839 | 229,291 | 915,503 | ||
| D | 646,582 | 327,497 | 977,306 | ||
| D | 557,655 | 460,456 | 1,018,111 | ||
| D | 656,229 | 446,708 | 1,123,249 | ||
| D | 579,922 | 330,494 | 1,083,817 | ||
| D | 758,270 | 393,926 | 1,158,364 | ||
| D | 742,668 | 394,534 | 1,145,567 | ||
| D | 738,306 | 212,852 | 974,301 | ||
| D | 514,172 | 192,536 | 769,008 | ||
| D | 404,393 | 245,622 | 679,837 | ||
| R | 158,907 | 236,877 | 498,687 | ||
| R | 119,612 | 292,692 | 462,248 | ||
| D | 125,625 | 120,752 | 257,457 | ||
| D | 109,748 | 51,239 | 244,663 | ||
| R | 96,756 | 119,789 | 236,570 | ||
| R | 111,855 | 113,246 | 235,317 | ||
| R | 106,232 | 108,977 | 219,848 | ||
| R | 76,882 | 109,135 | 193,676 | ||
| D | 100,160 | 70,505 | 176,385 | ||
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Demographics
2024 ACS
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
Italian
4.5%
American
4.1%
Irish
4.0%
German
2.8%
English
2.4%
Polish
2.1%
French
0.8%
African American
22.2%
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
2024 ACS
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 36.5 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Median household income
Inflation-adjusted dollars
$80,263
Kings County ranks in the top 25% of US counties.
Kings County$80,263
New York$85,974
United States$80,734
Kings County ranks in the top 25% of US counties by median household income.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
19.1%
Children face higher poverty than working-age adults.
Children under 1826.1%
Working age (18–64)16.5%
Seniors (65+)24.9%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
2024 ACS
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
55.4%
speak English only
Other Indo-European18.2%
Spanish14.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander8.3%
Other languages3.6%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
2020 religion census
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 53.3% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kings County, coextensive with Brooklyn, delivers Democratic presidential margins above 40 points, fueled by one of the most ethnically and linguistically diverse urban populations anywhere in the United States.
Kings County has leaned Democratic in recent presidential elections, reaching a Democratic margin of sixty-five points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 it moved twelve points toward the Republican candidate — part of the sharpest rightward shift recorded among any group of places in the country.
Its demographics describe the shift: a 38% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $80,263, and a population of 2,631,580. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bronx County and Sumter County.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kings County, New York vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kings County, New York voted Democratic by 43.0 points (D+43), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 853,744 votes cast, 601,265 went Democratic and 233,964 went Republican.
What is Kings County, New York's political typology?
Akashic places Kings County, New York in the "New American" typology — Communities where a large share of households speak a language other than English — multilingual, Democratic-leaning overall, yet the hardest-swinging bloc toward the Republican Party in 2024. The typology is a data-driven cluster built from vote share, vote swing, race and ethnicity, income, language spoken at home, religion, and ancestry. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the county has voted Democratic 28 times, Republican 6 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kings County, New York last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Kings County, New York voted Republican was 1924.
How many people live in Kings County, New York?
Kings County, New York has a population of 2,631,580 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kings County, New York?
Median household income in Kings County, New York is $80,263 — below the national median of $80,734. The New York state median is $85,974.
What is the political history of Kings County, New York?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kings County, New York from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 28 went Democratic and 6 went Republican. The county's typology — "New American" — captures where that record, its demographics, and its recent swing place it among American communities.